The National Citizen Service (NCS) offer 15-17 year olds the opportunity to discover who they are and what they can do. One part of the programme is “Social Action” and we are extremely grateful that this summer ‘Group Seven’ chose to support Operation orphan with their fundraising efforts – great job guys!
Read MoreFree Welcome Drink! Join us at this fabulous charity dinner. You will be donating to Operation Orphan by purchasing your ticket alone!
Read MoreJames got in touch with Operation Orphan last year when we put out a Facebook post advertising our first ever charity place in the London Marathon.
Read MoreAs you may have heard, our pioneer Hope Alive Tour run was not ONLY fun but an enormous success.
Read MoreI received an unexpected but lovely call last week from someone we met during the Hope Alive Tour.
Read MoreNational Citizen Service (NCS) is an opportunity open to 16 and 17 year olds. NCS enables young people to develop skills for work and life alongside taking part in social action projects. Last week three NCS teams held fundraising events as part of their social action projects to support the work of Operation Orphan.
Read MoreWe were thrilled to hear about the Woodthorpe guides groups (1 and 1A). They decided to support Operation Orphan by doing a clothes swap!
Read MoreOn Thursday 31st March, St John the Baptist Primary School, Colwick held a really fun fundraising day to raise money for orphans less fortunate than ourselves. What could be better? Doing good for others AND having an amazing time?
Read MoreWe were contacted a while ago by Danielle who works at Danbro. She had decided to do a sponsored Husky Trail Challenge for us through Global Adventure Challenges. She got back from Lapland a few weeks ago and we caught up with her to hear how it had gone.
Read MoreWe just wanted to celebrate our smaller supporters! Recently we’ve been contacted by a few adults, letting us know about some incredible children who have heard about the charity and who want to do their bit to help.
Read MoreMulbarton Infant School have been helping Operation Orphan for almost 5 years now. Most of the support has been for Pencott Valley Primary School in Uganda.
Read MoreWhat a wonderful evening we all had at the Risley Fashion Show! This was definitely a whole team effort with people contributing in so many ways to pull off a great event.
Read MoreThe amazing Fiona Flack and her team (of equally amazing people) did an AMAZING job of organising the Danbro Winter Ball.
Read MoreIn June staff and pupils at Eccleston Primary School worked really hard to raise funds for Pencott Valley Primary School in Uganda.
Read MoreTeam Rothera Dowson, Jo, Catherine and Hayley, completed the Men’s Health Survival of the Fittest obstacle course in October.
Read MoreThe half-marathon, 13 miles along the beautiful Causeway Coast went really well although I had a few surprises along the way!
Read MoreI ran the Robin Hood Half Marathon on Sunday 27th September and thought I’d write my blog while I was still buzzing.
Read MoreFor about the past year (if not secretly before) I’ve been mentally gearing up to doing my first half-marathon at the Causeway Coast (Northern Ireland) on 26 September.
Read MoreWe have had some exciting fundraising developments in the form of BEAUTIFUL greetings cards.
Read MoreCongratulations to Clive and Jan who will be celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary in August.
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